Internship and fellowship postings as of February 23, 2022 - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

POSITION: Multiple
ORGANIZATION: Intervene Upstream

Calling all graduate students interested in public health!

Intervene Upstream is looking for writers, artists, editors, social media mavens, and others passionate about public health to join our team! We are an online publication completely run by graduate students, from management to review-edits to writing. We publish editorials, personal narrative essays, opinion pieces, journalism, creative projects, and popular science pieces on a rolling basis. If you are looking for a public health professional development opportunity and a creative outlet – you’ve found it!

We welcome responses to our current call for submissions, “Burnout during the pandemic,” as well as submissions on any relevant topic of your choice. We are also looking for a few new dedicated staff members! Check out our current openings for Public Health Communications Manager, Outreach Manager, and Staff Artist.

The mission of Intervene Upstream is to:

Create a community of emerging public health scholars and practitioners who collaborate to envision the future of public health;
Provide a space for self-reflection concerning personal and professional growth for graduate students;
Cultivate professional development for graduate students.

When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to publish your work, present at conferences, expand your network, tap your creative potential, lead public health conversations, gain mastery and confidence as public health practitioners, help develop others, and much more!

Please email editorinchief@interveneupstream.org with any questions or suggestions, and please share this message with your network of emerging public health leaders!

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POSITION: HxH Lab Summer Scholar
ORGANIZATION: NYU Health x Housing Lab – Department of Population Health

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

The Health x Housing Lab in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine aims to serve as a trusted broker of evidence-based information and guidance for initiatives, practice, and policy sitting at the intersection of health and housing. The Lab will focus on three key activities: 1) conducting research to build the evidence base for initiatives, programs, and policies at the intersection of housing and health; 2) offering evidence-based advice to inform policy and other interventions related to health and housing; and, 3) providing education to expand the reach of practice-relevant evidence on health and housing. The Health x Housing Lab has a specific focus on homelessness, but its work also encompasses housing instability, quality, supply, and affordability issues. The Lab’s work is shaped by an Advisory Committee that includes people with lived experience of homelessness and/or housing instability, as well as other relevant stakeholders.

The Health x Housing Lab is seeking a Summer Scholar (Student Intern) for a 10 week, full-time experience in the summer of 2022. This is a paid position. The goal of the HxH Lab Summer Scholars Program is to build a pipeline and foster the career development of individuals dedicated to future work at the intersection of health and housing. The HxH Lab Summer Scholar will contribute to ongoing HxH Lab research projects, participate in seminars and Advisory Committee meetings, and have opportunities for career development related to research, housing policy, and health.

Additionally, we hope (though at the moment cannot guarantee) that the Summer Scholar will be paired with an individual who has lived expertise of homelessness and/or housing instability, to engage in bidirectional learning and exchange of ideas, which will possibly result in a partnered research or other project or project proposal.

To Apply:

Qualified candidates should send the following materials:

Curriculum vitae (CV).
Cover letter describing your interest in the HxH Lab Summer Scholar position and how it fits your career goals.
Information for two references including name, phone number, email, and relationship.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt but all applications received before March 1, 2022 will receive full consideration. Please send application materials to Ingrid Berthomieux (ingrid.berthomieux@nyulangone.org) with your name and “HxH Lab Summer Scholar” in the e-mail subject line, and include the dates of your summer availability in the body of the e-mail.

To view the official job posting: Summer Scholar 2022

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POSITION: DOL CEO Summer Fellowship
ORGANIZATION: Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office (CEO)

Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) is seeking curious, innovative individuals to join our office for our inaugural Summer Fellowship Program. The Summer Fellowship Program will support up to five Ph.D.s (current, advanced students or recent graduates) for a paid, full-time experience for 10 weeks (from June 13, 2022, to August 12, 2022).

CEO Summer Fellows will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience related to labor and evaluation or data analytics research, gain exposure to the working of DOL’s agencies, and complete and present an independent research project on a topic relevant to their dissertation or determined in collaboration with CEO.

Applications close on March 28, 2022, and will be assessed through a competitive selection process. To learn more, visit our website at: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasp/evaluation/CEO-summer-fellowship-program

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POSITION: AMA-SHLI Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship
ORGANIZATION: American Medical Association & Satcher Health Leadership Institute

The fellowship is open to all physicians and residents who have a demonstrated interest in health equity and health advocacy. The fellowship runs from Sept. 2022–⁠Nov. 2023.

The inaugural Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship is a collaborative educational initiative to empower physician-led advocacy that advances equity and removes barriers to optimal health for marginalized people and communities.

The fellowship will mobilize physicians to be part of the next generation of advocacy leaders, driving meaningful policy and structural changes that produce equity and justice in the communities they serve.

The AMA-SHLI Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship is a unique, first of its kind post-doctoral fellowship designed to enhance physicians’ advocacy leadership skills to improve health outcomes and advance health equity in the areas they serve or may serve.

Using an anti-racist, equity-centered learning framework, the fellowship will provide a mentoring and training platform that will equip participants with the foundational skills, tools and knowledge to engage in institutional and political health advocacy. This will involve exploring several critical topic areas, including:

Upstream (action-based) models of advocacy that address social and structural drivers of health
Structural, cultural, political, and historical analysis of the production of inequities
Sector and resource engagement required to improve community health and well-being

The implementation of the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship aligns with the AMA’s strategic approach to collaborate with stakeholders to eliminate health inequities by pushing upstream and creating pathways for truth, reconciliation, and healing to remove obstacles in patient care. Under Morehouse School of Medicine’s vision of leading in the creation and advancement of health equity, SHLI aims to be the leading transformational force for health equity in policy, leadership development, and research.

Apply by March 14, 2022. For additional information regarding the fellowship, please contact shlifellowship@msm.edu.

To view the official job posting: AMA-SHLI Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship

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POSITION: Research Assistant (Remote)
ORGANIZATION: Strong Children Wellness Medical Group

Hours per week: approx. 10 hours/week. We will prioritize applicants who can serve until June 2022.

We are looking for a research assistant to help us build out our structure to fund our ability to take care of low-income kids and families. Multiple incentive programs for primary care practices exist to ensure that these practices are able to receive enhanced payments to support the additional costs for addressing psychosocially complex families who have unmet, mental health, physical health and social needs. SCW is a primary care practice network that creates practices within behavioral health and social service agencies to ensure that their clients can access primary care that is well integrated with their other needs.

The research assistant will support our leadership team to investigate the different quality incentive programs that are available for the many Medicaid managed care health plans in NYC. The RA will identify the requirements for participating in these plans and also what data will need to be collected to participate. The RA will support chart reviews to help to do data collection and create a database with our data to support participation in these plans. The RA role will consist of attending weekly team meetings and report progress throughout the week. Data organization includes working with our electronic health record, Athena Health.

Learning Objectives for this internship with Strong Children Wellness Medical Group, PLLC include:

To determine special programs that exist within Medicaid to support healthcare for low-income individuals
To understand the background about Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a tool used by more than 90 percent of U.S. health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service
To get skills in chart review for measuring quality of care and analysis of quality data

Interns will be able to earn course credit for their work and depending on performance will also have the opportunity to participate in manuscript development and conference presentations I

Qualifications:

Be in good academic standing
Must be available for at least 10 hours per week and willing to work until May 15, 2022). Shifts can be arranged to work with your class schedule.
Have excellent communication skills and attention to detail, demonstrate flexibility, and possess strong teamwork skills
Current MPH candidates preferred
Completed coursework in health economics and/or Medicaid preferred but not required.

Applicants will need to provide:

Resume
Brief cover letter (300 words or less) detailing why you have interest in this position
Contact information for one professional or academic reference

Please email this information to Omolara Uwemedimo at omolara@strongchildrenwellness.com by the priority deadline 3/1/2022) in order to be considered.

To view the official job posting: Research Assistant

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POSITION: Fellowship Program
ORGANIZATION: Havas Health & You

We’re Havas Health & You, an award-winning healthcare advertising agency with a fun, collaborative environment. We are looking for an individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, likes to be challenged and values the opportunity to make a difference. Havas Health & You Mission: To be the world’s best company at creating meaningful connections using creativity, media, and innovation to inspire healthier lives.

Job Description:

The Fellowship Program is a year-long full-time entry level position designed to teach the employee the fundamental facets of the company and their departments. This program focuses on learning and development in which our Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in training courses such as Business Writing, Presentation Skills, Strengths-Finder Assessment, and with an emphasis on community building. Fellows will also have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most innovative thinkers in health and wellness advertising. This program has high potential for growth in which many Fellows will be asked to stay and receive promotions after the completion of the program.

We are seeking candidates to join several teams in roles such as: Account, Finance, Creative (Copy/Art/Digital), Human Resources, Operations, Project Management, Public Relations, Strategy, Growth, Submissions, Editorial, Resource Management and Medical.

To view the program brochure: Fellowship brochure

To view the official job posting: Fellowship

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POSITION: Multiple Internships
ORGANIZATION: Human Impact Partners (HIP)

Human Impact Partners (HIP) is hiring 2 summer interns to support our organizing and advocacy work and our health equity capacity building work! These are full-time positions working in a collaborative and flexible organization.

The Organizing and Advocacy Intern will support our base-building organizing work, advocacy campaigns, and digital content strategy. This position will have the opportunity to work directly with the Public Health Awakened network.

The Health Equity Capacity Building Intern will work with HIP’s capacity building team to help advance a transformative health equity practice within governmental public health. For this position we are looking for a graduate-level intern.

Applications are due February 28th.

To apply, visit: https://humanimpact.org/about-us/careers/

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POSITION: Public Health Intern (Unpaid)
ORGANIZATION: International Rescue Committee

Reports to: Youth Program Coordinator, Biss Cauchois

Position term and Hours: June 1 – 30, 2022 (part time, minimum 15 hours per week, preference to candidate seeking more hours)

July 6, 7, 8 (full days of training)

July 11 – August 26, 2022 (Minimum 15 hours per week, preference to candidate seeking more hours)

Background

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee is a leading, non-sectarian, non-profit organization providing emergency relief, protection, rehabilitation assistance, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflict. Domestically, our 26 offices across the U.S. ensure new arrivals have food, shelter, and clothing, and work with refugees to help them gain self-sufficiency.

Since 1999, the IRC has developed partnerships with New York City public schools, community-based organizations, and local colleges and universities to support the positive development of newcomer youth and their communities in New York City. The Education and Learning department provides year round programming working directly with youth, their parents and families, and their schools.

Scope Of Work

The Newcomer Youth Summer Academy is a six-week program focusing on preparing newly arrived refugee youth to succeed at their grade level in the New York City public school system. Up to 130 students ages 5 – 21 from over 20 countries will participate in academic, creative arts, physical education, and social emotional learning classes. Field Trips are held on Fridays.

The Public Health Intern will work with the Newcomer Youth Summer Academy’s administrative staff to support COVID-19 mitigation measures among students, staff, and families. The Public Health Intern will play a pivotal role in the conduct of contact tracing, health data management, and procurement. They will support educational and operational initiatives within the Academy to do with public health and safety.

This is an unpaid internship opportunity.

Learning Objectives

Develop skills in data organization & management
Learn effective parent/caregiver outreach and engagement strategies
Develop strategies to communicate important public health messages across linguistic and cultural divides
Responsibilities
Complete all staff training, as well as participating in program meetings and staff development activities thereafter
Prior to the start of the Academy, support with data collection of Vaccine status for enrolled students
During the program, support with data collection & organization of Daily Health Screenings
Assist with preparation of educational materials for families around COVID Safety & Orientation to NYSA
Develop educational materials around COVID protocols and safety for NYSA families
Liase with members of the on-site interpretation team as well as IRC community interpreters to ensure outreach materials are translated into high incidence languages
Place and field calls from families & individuals on testing, isolation and quarantine related to COVID-19
Coordinate with NYSA staff around Contact Tracing needs & next steps
Point person for students who report exposure on their Daily Health Screening, or become symptomatic while at the program. Coordinate contact home & next steps to NYSA Instructional staff.
Support Operations team on procurement of COVID-19 mitigation supplies
Provide support to parents and caregivers, connecting them with teachers, the student support team or other Newcomer Youth Summer Academy personnel as needed
Assist in enrolling new students into the Academy in compliance with IRC policies and procedures

Qualifications

Minimum pursuing Bachelor’s degree in Public Health or related field
Comfort working with newcomer and immigrant adults from a variety of backgrounds, including those with limited formal education and/or literacy skills
Experience working with newcomer or immigrant students and families
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Reliable, responsible, and dedicated
Fluency in written and spoken English required. Second language proficiency in relevant language highly desirable (including Spanish, French, Pashto, Fulani, Wolof, Dari, Farsi, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Mandingo, Haitian Creole, Nepali, Tigrinya, Mam, Garifuna)
Must be available for all training days and for the entire duration of the Academy

Working Environment: The Academy takes place in a centrally located New York City public school. All participants must be willing to relocate to New York City for the entirety of the Program.

To Apply: Public Health Intern

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POSITION: Multiple Internships (Unpaid)
ORGANIZATION: American Public Health Association (APHA)

Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for unpaid APHA internships that offer practical work experience. Candidates should be working toward a bachelor, graduate, or postgraduate degree, and all majors are welcome. All internships are unpaid and located in Washington, D.C.

Application deadline: March 1, 2022

Internship dates: June 1 – August 15, 2022

APHA offers the following internships:

To Apply: APHA Summer Internships